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Lot description
A circa 1990s later print; large format, semi-gloss finish, depicting the then unknown model smiling as she wears a cute striped bathing suit bottom and nothing else; beautifully matted and housed in an elegant black frame. Earl Moran, the well-known Mid-Century pin-up artist, took numerous photographs of the young Norma Jeane Dougherty in the late 1940s; they were provocative (and often times semi-nude) shots that Moran would then use to create his illustrations; he never released these photographs during Monroe's lifetime since her only "nude" scandal related to the infamous calendar poses ["Golden Dreams" and "A New Wrinkle"] as shot by Tom Kelley; Moran's images of Monroe eventually did surface, and we're thankful to have this visual record of Marilyn's early "cheesecake" modeling days; this lot on offer is an especially compelling example of Moran's work with Monroe.